Wave motor



Api'il 10,1928.

A. J. ADAMS WAVE MOTOR Filed Aug. 2'7, 1925 2 She ets-Sheet Qxmm; Qbawva,

April 10, T928.

. 1,665,198 A. J. ADAMS WAVE MOTOR Filed Aug. 27. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a Q 9 /0 T T E 8? a? TEi a0" I I a I e 24 y ammboi I @.W as: I I I Patenited Apr. 10, 19 28.

' ARTHUR ADAMS; OI. HUNTINQ'IZON PARK, *CALIEbRNIAL -WAYE Metro-3.

' A l oatim lea Au ust-27,1925? ser al v nit. 512 ,9001

feil' efwajves, such as those fti'1 QO'CQaILfzind ,thefpriniiry'object' of the inventi01i;.is", tO previde an exceptionally simpleandfliney pensivef yet an efiieient and, reliable machine whereb the niev'ements (if the Waves are, liti'lize'd' t'Oj 'Ciintiii'ittflly wi'lji'cl' spring means, 'thejlattei: bein'g'. then emplpyed ti r't'a'te the sha ffi by lgiettii's of which; a- 'gfelieratbr, 0'1

.ji tvitfi flieiforg be rs iciesj in the .iiqvel shbje'c't} matter" herein} after described:- and chimed; the, description beingf; supplemented" by the eeomp nymgdiri tvingsf. p v I p l isaside el'evati oii' ef a ,wave meter censti'iietdi in i accordance I with myin yehtibhv v a Eiguref'fZ is? a vertiez l transverse seetienel View "en.line-2'2 0ii Fig 1 F'gilre 8 is detail longitudinal}sec'tieiil View taken substantially on line 3 f r Fig; re Isis a,- detail vertical section en line p e-p di awiiegsz above lorief l y teleseribed, the numeral 1' designates; a hQriZOIitEt11yf disposed-1 shaft T which is rotat ably supported in beatings 2. These bearings may be sup: pottedinan-y desired mannerv aiid i'I' have shown them; ca frieptby the upper ends o fthe posts- 3 which rise from a suitable frame "stiiuetuxe 4 such-ash. Wharf; Any desired number. of drums 5. are rotatably mounted on theshaft, 1e enet-a-re free to turn with fespectthereto, and eonneeted to each drum, is depending cable 6 {having a: Y fleet 7, said float :being looselyc0ni ectedby appropriate cables on the-like- 8', Withthe frame structure t; A nether cable-'9 iscmmiectecito each drunifi and-atits wpper end is wound upon a spring' otznted drum; 10 which is'shown supponted by;- standamds; 1 1 risingv from the frame; structure. 4 but may. be 7 mounted i any ctesiltedlnai lne z hen the fi0at; 7- desee'nds; the while; 6, ,unwinds :from the; drum 5: mid-,jnotates the1atter-,;;end at -;t11ejs-z 1ne time-,xtheveable 9: isswount upon saidchgui i sftheit-it miustfunW-iahd from-the (i um 1Q, thiis-plaeingwthe inter nal spring of: the; latter under: ten'siens Wheri the, fleet 7; again fisBS; this spring tension. rot ates the; d m-111': 1O anththr -u'gh the instiiiimentalityiof theceblie 9; th fdrume5-dee rrespQIIdinglyrotated-g so 11 View; the invent-11011.

.tmsmk in time taken spending two spiral springs-l3 having connection beth' 1 with the ban-e15 nd. with the shaft 1, upon whifeh thebaiinelisfree to r6t,ate-.. SpiifngV-Y he sprin s, 13, whens-the float- Teescenqg, I

and spring-[pressed degs I 15 are pi'evided t0 hold'theseybiriiels against retrbg 'tidemev'es v meiitge-thi s holding the springs '13 to} the'eik AlljocEthefparts' aboye' mehtienedfli e c'on stl ticted' in a simple and inexpensive. ew d ura ble mannei askwisll berelear frem the following. lnthefo 'iiia-tion ofthediuihfi,

I tzike elehgatecl met il; l-pla-te and bend it f me l n r 6 e nds of t e pl te howevereabeing left-infslightly spaced relation jte 'for na ltong itudinalsletili atthep eriphefy 0i": this eyl-ii der Hacks 18 on the ends. o f the cables: z ndj9; heok 'inte thisislot" tQ-cgnnecbsaid cables ith thewcylinder.

j TWometal disks 19, preferably havii g fi z'ufled- -edges contact, ithgthe ends 0,ii' the cy er 6 a dfp ji b yq e v P P ?Y of this eyiinderte guide the cables 6 ancl. 9i, said eylii clei' and disks:beingtightiy SQCUIQQI togetlieigjzind held-in concentric igelatieiiq, b y a plurality of I bolts 2,0 which engage the inner si cteg-ii the cylinder end -pass tiiIOLiQi-lj Qi-Ifeumferentially f spaced epenin'gs in the; dik At their; centers, these disks, are, preferably p evided witiii hubs 2:1; Whi-ehnmy be i itegizail henewit r 1 in ete in; a y d s re mi ai t, n imely 1 9 h s tl 1 7' p sJ-l i v re emm te p t llywith the; peripheral; p rtien-s v ofthe 3 disk; 1 9}; by

belts eel: the'like 22, find-apprepriate; spi i-ngs 23 are associated with said pawls for yieldably urging them toward the barrels 12.

The'drum is composed of a metal plate l bent to forma cylinder 16', a pair of end disks 19 andbolts 20, these parts being apart to provide a slot 18. on the cable 9 is hooked. Also engaged witlrthis slot,'is a hook' '2 l on the end; of a spiral spring which is located within the cylinder :16', the inner end of said spring having-any appropr ate connection with a :shaft 2Q upon which the drum rot-atably supported.

i V Ea'ch'barrel l2 incl-udesa metal platebent V tO'fQIm a cylinder' 16 and having the ends 7 of said ,plate'spaced apart to form a slot 1" atthejperiphery of said cylinder. Disks 19ficontactnwith the-ends of this cylinder and are held against the same by bolts 20 Iwhich are disposed at the exterior of the barrel, said bolts passing through the'peripheral portions of the disks so as to tightly secure these disks and the cylinder 16 m assembled relation. The bolts 20 are co-opv erable'with thepawls 14, and act'very much flike ratchet teeth. Also, the dog 15 is cooperable with the bolts 20% It will thus be seen that thesebolts perform aniultiple function which is very unique.- Theslots 17 i receive'hooks 24F on'the" outer ends of the springs 13, the inner ends'of said springs having an'y'desired connections with the shaft 1 It willbe seenfrom the foregoing that-a simpleand inexpensive construction ha'sbeen provided, yet'that it will be'eifieient, particularly when several sets of the springbarrels I embodying eight floats,geach provided with 12 and associated parts,are mounted on a single shaftsuch as 1.f Then, it will usuall befound-that at least one of the floats isoperating to positively turn'the spring barrels of one set, while upward movement of the other float or floats is taking place and the pawls thereof are clicking reversely.

over the bolts 20, in readinessto again grip the same and turn .the spi'ing -winding barrels when :descent of theorising float or floats.

takes place. 'E'venin exceptionally rough water, the machine will operate advantageously, as thefloat-sj'iare alloweda great deal of 'leeway in their movements, due to the slack 'ofthecables 8. Moreover, the

shaping of the floats is such that the action of the water laterally against them hasa tendency to produce upward movements thereof, whieh'isradvantageous as the more vertical movements the floats possess, the greater the efliciency of the machine. Each oat isofcircular outline and my reason for makingthe top ofthe float of greater diameter than its bottom and providing it with an outwardly inclined. sidewall, is that when a fast rush of water or a: breaker comes in The ends of the contact with the float, the force of the water 7 is deflected by the angle of the side; wall, lifting the float to thetop of thewater in stead of forcing it in the direction in which thewater isflowing. My reason for having anchorage loops 7 at the outer edgeof the tripoit-the float and also loops 7 at itsbottom, and connecting cables 8 with top loops 7 and short cable's 8 with loops 7-," and with cables 8 at points'spaced from the float is that when the float gets to the full'length of the anchor cable 8,1the float tips upward," being canted jin, this'manner by the'pull on the bottomcablepS, thus 'causingthe water to lift the float and allowing the water to pass under such float, l Vithout this bottom anchorage, breakers would submer e the float and the force of ,thlejwa'ter wouldfso turn said float about a horizontal axis as to permit the fullforceo'f the breakers to come in. contact with the-top face of said floatL; 5

Thiswould have a tendencyto break the V anchorage or otherwisedamage the machine. Loose anchorage isprovided for each float so that the latter may move around'in any direction, according to the movement of the water,and as longasthese floats are 1nov-- in}; in any direction from'a central posi low the float, thereby tilting theqfloat upwardly and causing the water to slide'underneath, without any "great; resistance against the float to cause breakage or damage.

In tests of afull sized workingwmachine anchoring cables, my experience was thatin lessthan ten minutes after placing the floats on the ocean, three acetylene-welded anchors on the floats, for the anchoring cables, were ripped off. This however, was before 1 conceived the idea of providing'the arrangement of cables herein disclosed, in which the i main anehoringcables are connected with the upper portion of the float and the auxiliary cables to the bottom portion thereof. After making this change, no furth'er diiiiculty'was encountered with regardto'nppmg loose of:

Before the cable anchors from the floats. the use of this improved arrangement of cables, the flat sides of the floats would often receive the directforce of the breakers, but

with said arrangement of cables, this is im- I possible and the floats are so controlled that at all times, the water, even, of forcible and high breakers, may slidefreel'y under the floats, without any severe tendency toward the breaking of cable anchors or cables.

On account of the good res'ults obtainable from the details disclosed, they arepreferably followed; However, withinthe-scope from said drum for rotating it, a float on the lower end of said cable having a relatively large diameter at its top, a comparatively small diameter at its bottom and an inwardly declined side wall from said top to said bottom, and anchoring cables connected with the supporting structure and extending radially from the float to said structure, said cables having bifurcated lower ends connected with the periphery of the float at the upper and lower edges of said. side wall. re-

spectively. r

2. A wave motor comprising a supporting structure, a shaft rotatably mounted thereon, a drum rotatable upon said shaft, a one-way driving connection between the drum and shaft, a float-actuated cable'wound in one direction upon said drum for turning the latter in shaft-driving direction upon descent of the float, a second cable wound in the opposite direction upon the drum, a sec,- ond drum spaced from the first named drum, the second cable being -wound upon said second drum, and spring means connected with said second drum for rotating it in cable-Winding direction, whereby the second drum and cable will rotate the first named drum in cable-winding directionupon each ascent of theVfioat-actuated cable. j

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed mysignatureQ ARTHUR J. ADAMS. 

